Each One Teach One: Printing Press

    From the Each One Teach One presentations that took place in class, I thought learning about the printing press was interesting and I gained a lot of new information from that specific presentation. The printing press was invented by Johannes Gutenberg and it was created for the reason of serving people and God. Every hour, the printing press was able to make 24,000 copies. I find it very intruiging to learn that the printing press was able to create thousands of copies each hour when this machine was invented in the 1400s. I feel that with these results, the printing press was a massive technological advancement for this time period. 

    Since one of the main reasons Gutenberg created the printing press was to serve God, thousands upon thousands of copies of the Bible were created and shared among those living in Europe (or Germany, more specifically) to help them learn all about God. While Gutenberg wanted to see the printing press come into action, especially for the reason of spreading religion to others, he, unfortunately, passed away before the printing press was put into use for the first time. Even though he was not alive to see the impact that the printing press held on society, his goal of sharing the message of God through his invention was created.

 

    However, the printing press did not just spread the message of God to those who were reading. The printing press would be used to spread news to one another and created a more knowledgable society overall. The printing press provided the citizens of Europe with so many new opportunities. While the creation of the printing press did unfortunately cause some people to lose their jobs, it also helped with the creation of new jobs as well. This meant that it was no longer necessary for papers and books to be written by hand, which would take months to complete. Even though the printing press took away those jobs for people, the printing press needed workers who could operate the machinery, create the finishing product and do the final touches, and to help distribute the books. While the printing press took away something from people, it also gave in return and helped to create a better and more efficient society.